California voters preserved the status quo in the state tax authority this week, electing two Democrats and two Republicans as board members.
The election gives Democrats a majority on the country's only elected tax commission because another party...

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown received a warm welcome from lawmakers Monday as he pitched his proposal to pay off debt and save money for future economic downturns.
He faced only one mild question during a rare appearance before a legislative...

California is the only state with an elected tax commission, and this year 11 candidates are vying for positions on the panel.
The obscure yet powerful Board of Equalization is responsible for administering tax policies and ruling on appeals from...

A bill that would give victims of wage theft the power to file property liens against employers passed the state Assembly on Wednesday amid strong debate.
AB 2415 by Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) is sponsored by the Service Employees...

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Though the Newport Beach-based Orange County Bar Assn. does not formally endorse judicial candidates, it does evaluate them and issue ratings voters can use as a guide in making their choices.
The four ratings reflect whether the bar finds a candidate exceptionally well qualified, well qualified, qualified or not qualified.
The association just released its ratings of Orange County Superior Court judicial candidates running in the June 3 election.
Reviews were handled by an association committee...

The staunchest defender of California's politically untouchable property-tax initiative, Proposition 13, has tacitly approved a bid to change the landmark law for the first time since voters passed it 36 years ago.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn., the anti-tax group named for the champion of the 1978 measure, dropped its opposition to a bill that would clamp down on companies avoiding higher property taxes when they buy commercial real estate by using a corporate ownership maneuver.
"I think that...

It was past dark when a contingent of Republican senators filed into Gov. Jerry Brown's Capitol office as the deadline loomed for a plan to overhaul California's aging water system.
A final deal was still elusive, and the Democratic governor needed GOP votes. "We had most of our guys leaning 'No,' at that point," recalled Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff.
For nearly an hour, the group pressed Brown on a stubborn sticking point in the negotiations: more borrowing for reservoirs in the bond measure...

SACRAMENTO — Legal immigrants who are not American citizens would be able to serve on juries in California under a bill that lawmakers sent to Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday.
The measure joins a proposal already on the governor's desk that would also allow legal permanent residents to serve as poll workers in California elections.
The bills are among a handful that would expand immigrant rights in California and have sparked rancorous debate in the Legislature.
Immigrants "are part of the fabric...

The men had just finished their thick steaks and were starting to smoke cigars while artichoke hearts warmed on the grill. A plate of mooncakes awaited them nearby.
On a sunny afternoon in the backyard of his home in the hills of Orange, Van Tran plots his political comeback.
Once California's highest-ranking Vietnamese American politician, riding a wave of activism in the immigrant community where he came of age, Tran was bounced to the sidelines in 2010 when a veteran congresswoman, Loretta...

The men had just finished their thick steaks and were starting to smoke cigars while artichoke hearts warmed on the grill. A plate of mooncakes awaited them nearby.
On a sunny afternoon in the backyard of his home in the hills of Orange, Van Tran plots his political comeback.
Once California's highest-ranking Vietnamese American politician, riding a wave of activism in the immigrant community where he came of age, Tran was bounced to the sidelines in 2010 when a veteran congresswoman, Loretta Sanchez ...